Dr. Kevin Most: Vitamin C, Vitamin D and how they relate to COVID-19

In this illustration dated February 26, 2020, protective N-95 face masks lie on a table at an office in Washington, DC. – A senior US health official warned that, despite containment efforts, it was only a matter of time before the COVID-19 disease spreads in the United States. As of February 26, 2020, there were 59 cases of the infection in the United States. This included 45 people who were repatriated from a cruise ship off the coast of Japan or from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the heart of the epidemic. Critics, including lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, have accused the Trump administration of downplaying the crisis and underfunding the response. (Photo by EVA HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo by EVA HAMBACH/AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Kevin Most, the Chief Medical Officer at Northwestern Medicine’s Central DuPage Hospital, joined Bob Sirott for his weekly visit. Dr. Most had plenty of information on the coronavirus, but encouraged listeners to visit the website for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the site for the World Health Organization. Today, Dr. Most talked about whether you should be taking Vitamins C & D as preventatives to COVID-19; Abbot Lab’s test yielding quicker results; how socially distant you should be when walking or running outside; whether people who have recovered from COVID-19 can get it again; and about homemade N95 masks.

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